Garment-fastener.



WLAN-k l. WILSON, (.)F CLEVELAND, OHIO.

GARME NT-FASTENER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented March 1'?, 1908.

Application filed December 22, 1905. Serial No. 292.964.

lo all whom it ma?) concern.:

Beit known thnt. l, FRANK 'E.\\"ii,son, residing at Cleveland, in the county of (luynhogn and Stute of Ohio, have invented eertain new :ind useful lm irovenients in Germent-Fnsteners, of whic i the following is :t full, ele-nr, mid exncty description, reference. being hed to the accompanying drawings.

The invention relates to gnrment fnSteners generally, sind is especially :ivdzipted for use in pinces where the edges of n gnrment tire to bel held together, :is for exemple nt the placket opening of n Skirt. n

'Most specifically however, the invention relates to in'iproven'ients in the construction of the socket member whereby it is nclnpted t0 be secured to the gairrnent in n iminner such that the elninping members will be spaced, :it their entrnnce portions, iiwziy from the inoteriail to which the soc-ket niember is npplied, und the engagement of such member with the stud is thereby rendered easy, :ind to nlso nrrnnge thi` clziniping nicmbrs substiiiit inlly lnt :ind provide them with foot portions so thnt when they :ire iirpplied they will be n.1 :in :ingle lo the plaine of the innterinl to which such socketmember is applied :ind :it the saline time nrinngedthe opposite end of -the socket member in sueh n. ninnner thntno unnecessary buneh or thickness iscrezited or iinide under the cloth :it -this point. v

'lhe invention moy be further briefly sum Imirized :is consisting in the construction :ind

f e ni'i| iinition of porta herciinifter .set forth in the fi'illowmg deseriptiinr` drnwnigs :ind

ehiims. l

Referring to the drmvingr Figure 1 represents my device applied to the plncket opennig of u skirt; Fig 2 is ntop plnn view of the Stud; Fig. 3 is :L plain view of the socket member; Fig. 4 is aiy sectional view of the 'stud und seeket member showing the seme attachedto the cloth which is shown in dotted lines the section being teken through the socket member :dong the line 4--4 of Fig. Fig. 5 is n plain view of the, socket member :ind t-he stud in engagement, with the head of the stud removed to more cleiirly show the clearance between the shenk of the.

'stud and the ehiinping members of the socket member; Fig. t) is nu end View of the stud :ind the soelwtmember in engagement,

and Fig. 7 is it detail view of the heed of the stud.

[his invention n'niy be embodied in any preferred or convenient forni, but I have shown one form in the drawings which` meets the requirement very effectively and in sueh embodiment. the soeket member consists of :in end portion 1, beveled et 1, :is shown. nud having in its endssuitiible openings 2, which forni n fnstening loop zit eneh side of the hook. 'lhis end portion 1, is.`

provided with n pnir of chimping mem-bers 3, seymrnted'from ench other end eneh having u curved pnrt ft, on the inner edge, `sind also :i straight pnrt 5, extending from sneh curved pnrt ont to the free end of the `eorrespondmg clamping member. Euch of the ehimping members 3,*is further provided with n foot portion (i, having nu opening therethrough for the pnssnge of the stitches. 'lhese foot portions (i, nre slightly upset or rnised from the body of the socket member, zisehown in Fig. for the purpose of spacing the ehimping members nwny from the elotlfi to which the socket member is 'zi iplied; und

thereby liicilitiite the ftistening ol the'soeket member nnd the stud.

'lhe eurved portions l1, of the two elaniping members 3, form n substnntinlly eireiilzir opening in the soeket member for the regeption of the shitnk of the stud, nnd this` opent,- ing is soniewhiit hirgei' thun the diameter of the shank for the purpose of permitting lntcrnl phiy of the socket member npon the. shziink. 'lhc straight portions 5, ol the ehnnping members 3 nre rounded :it their ends, :ind nre norninlly :it i distzinee epm-t which is slight l less then the dizmietcr ol the shank of the stud whereby the former will be foreed eport with ny spring notion when the lutter is inserted es shown in. Fig. 3. The elm-:ping meinbers, move :iwiiy fioin euch other in the stime plnne when the stiid is inserted between them, with :in cosy yielding aetion whieh permits the reiidy engagement of the stnd :md thc hook. i

'lhe portion 1, of thc hook muy be pi'ovidedwvith n slit 7, extending to the eirenlnr opening formed by the eurvcd portions ll, for the. purpose of inercnsingthe flexibilityl of the ehnnping members I. i

The upsetting of the foot portions ti, es shown in Fig. 4, lnis the effeet of spacing the free ends of the clamping members away Jrorn the cloth to which the socket member is applied thus facilitating the entrance of the stud between the clampin members, 'while the absence of any raiseA po'rtion at the opposite end of the socket member does away With any unnecessary bunch or thickness under the cloth at that point. ln fact it has been found in practice that'the elevaare arranged in a plane which corresponds' w'it the beveled face of the end portion of thJ socket member in order vthat this plane will substantially coincide With the the cloth and no projecting edges Wil sentedy which Would tendto cut or mar the fabric in any Way. The bevelin of the end portion in the manner describe upon the side Which engages the cloth serves to turn the clothv down, as it were, over the end of the socket member and assist in the hiding of the same so that the entire fastening deis vrendered practically invisible.

The stud consists of a base 8, which is substantially fiat except for the 11p-set portions 8a, Where the stitches are applied.

Which is s 'ghtly greater in diameter than the distance between the straight portions 5, of the clamping members 3 as shown in Fig. 3. A head i0, is provided upon the up er end of this shank 9, and it has an upward y beveled edge 10B, on .the under side which assists the clamping members in the fastening of the socket member upon the stud. The under side of the head of the stud is flat, except for the beveled edge, and the upper face of the central portion of the base should be flat also for the purpose of holding the socket member, when a plied, in substantial parallel alinement -Wi the baseof the stud. The enlargement of the opening formed by the curved portions 4, over the diameter of the shank of the stud permits a small amount of lateral play by the socket member upon the shank of the stud, and thereby does away With the. great accuracy which would other- Wise be required in the placing of the socket member upon the garment.

Having described my invention, l claim l. A. socket member comprising a front end portion having a flat face, means whereby said end portion may be secured with its ila-t face against: the material, clamping members united at one end in said front end portion, and an independent foot portion upon the The bottom faces of the foot ortions plane of be pre--y This' base 8, is rovided centrally, with a shank 9,4

asa/ies other end of each of said clamping members Jfor inclining the same outward from the plane of the material to which the device is applied.

2. A socket member, comprising a long front end portion having a flat face, means whereby said end portion may be secured with its flat face against the material, yielding members .having free ends, and ari-independent foot portion upon the free end of each of said yielding members and upset from the body of the socket member whereby said yielding members and said front end ortion are ada tedwhen applied to be atan inclination to t e plane of the material.

3. A 'socket member, comprisinga long iront end portion having a fiat face, means' whereby said end portion may be secured ing clamping members having free ends, and a fastening loop upon the tree end of each of said clamping members and upset from `the body of the socket member whereby when it is applied the clamping members thereof will be at an inclination to the plane of the material to which the socket member is applied.

4. A socket member, comprising a sin le piece of material having a beveled face at t e front edge and upon the side face which is applied to the cloth, and a pair of clamping members rigid therewith, v

5. A socket member, comprising a single piece of material 'and `consisting of a long front end portion having a beveled face eX tending from one end to the other and tapering ofi to a thin edge at the front, and a pair or' clamping members united in said long front end portion and extending to the rear.

A socket member, comprising a front end portion having a beveled face thereby causing said portion to taper ,off to a thin edge at the front, a pair o', clamping members having free ends, the front portion and said clamping members being substantially in the same plane, and a foot portion upset vfrom each of the free ends oi said clam )ing members and out of the plane or the body of the socket member.

7. fi socket. member, comprising an end portion, clamping members united at one end lwith said end ortion all of said parts being substantially in the same plane, andan independent too-t portion upon each of said clamping members and u )set from the body of the socket member, sai foot portions have ing liet upper laces which engage the material and arranged in a plane 'touching the end portion of said socket member.

8. A socket member, comprising a front end portion having one of its -faces beveled thereby causing saidportion to taper to a thin edge at the front, said beveled face bw ing adapted to be placed against the cloth,

with its ilat faceagainst the material, yieldchunping' :numbers unitid ai mm vnd with said front 0nd purtinn und hnving 'Vx-uu ends, all of said .parts boing mhstnntizdly in the saine phmv, and an iinlpendvnt font portion Ilpsci from 1h(` nmlflzd nl' the soc-hot ineinhvr and zux'nngfd upon the hce 0nd 0l' onvh nf thv cizimping' nnmbursj. said foot portinm having nppix' fum-s uriningod in a plane touching the beveled fue@ of said front end portion.

In tostinwny whereof 1 uiiix my signature;

in the prescrive of two witnnsscs.

FRANK E. 'ILSON. Vitncsscs FY M. iALmnxrAN,

B. W. rI-Snouiuc'inx 

